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Legends of the Accordion by Various Artists (Cassette, Jan-1995, Rhino Records USA) 
Legends of the Accordion by Various Artists (Cassette, Jan-1995, Rhino Records USA)

 
Legends of the Accordion by Various Artists (Cassette, Jan-1995, Rhino Records USA)

Release Date: Jan 1995
Format: Cassette
Record Label: Rhino Records (USA)
Genre: International, Polka
UPC: 081227184742
Product ID: EPID3567284
Description: The straightforwardly-named Legends of the Accordion delivers just what its title suggests: a collection of performances from some of the best players of this underappreciated instrument. The album spans the accordion's surprisingly vari...
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Track Listing
1. Lady of Spain - Dick Contino
2. Bumble Boogie - Jo Anne Castle
3. Squeeze Box Boogie - Clifton Chenier
4. Slippery Fingers Oberek - The Bay State IV
5. Lasagna - Weird Al Yankovic
6. Las Coronelas - Steve Jordan
7. Crazy Accordion, The - Joey Miskulin
8. Dakota Polka - Lawrence Welk & His Champagne Music
9. Perry Mason Theme - Those Darn Accordions!
10. Arthur Street - Angelo Di Pippo
11. So What's New? - Milton DeLugg
12. Trollie's Polka - Frankie Yankovic
13. Awakening - Guy Klucevsek
14. Laughing Polka - Myron Floren
15. Una Tarde en el Alamo - Flaco Jiménez
16. Liebesfreud - Anthony Galla-Rini
17. Creole Stomp - Andrew Cormier & The Smiling Cajuns
18. Ode to Cleavage or the Camel - Art Van Damme Quintet

Details
Producer:Eddie Gorodetsky (Compilation)
Distributor:WEA (Distributor)
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Mixed
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
The straightforwardly-named Legends of the Accordion delivers just what its title suggests: a collection of performances from some of the best players of this underappreciated instrument. The album spans the accordion's surprisingly varied sounds and moods in songs that range from the expected (Dick Contino's "Lady of Spain") to the unusual (Those Darn Accordians' "Perry Mason Theme"). Naturally, polka plays a prominent role in the collection, and Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra's "Dakota Polka" and Myron Floren's "Laughing Polka" are among the best included here. However, the accordion's role in Cajun, zydeco, Tex-Mex, and other more exotic genres are also explored; Clifton Chenier's "Squeeze Box Boogie," Andrew Cormier & the Smiling Cajuns' "Creole Stomp," Flaco Jimenez' "Una Tarde en el Alamo," and Anthony Galla-Rini's "Liebesfreud" prove that in the right hands, the accordion sounds right in many different settings and styles. The father-and-son team of Frank and "Weird" Al Yankovic provide two more of the album's highlights with "Trollie's Polka" and "Lasagna," Al's Tex-Mex-flavored parody of "La Bamba." Though the accordion will probably never escape its image as a wacky instrument -- songs like Joey Miskulin's "The Crazy Accordion" and Jo Ann Castle's "Bumble Boogie" make that almost impossible -- Legends of the Accordion embraces that part of the accordion's heritage but also paints a more well-rounded portrait of the instrument. ~ Heather Phares

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